A Reading Group is a group of people who meet together regularly, specifically to talk about books and reading. In this case on a specific topic, the R programming language.
Improve your coding skills
Help others improve their coding skills
Develop presentation skills
Opportunities to learn together, share ideas and best practices
Socialise with people with the same interest
The initial plan is to start with the book below;
Then members can agree on what other books, blogs, papers or resources to do next such as;
All levels of knowledge and experience are welcome, the main aim is about learning together.
Having basic R knowledge would be an advantage, I would recommend having a look at the Introduction to R
Every member reads the chapter, highlight the key points on each topic and a volunteer present what they think are the key findings
Go through the exercises together
Discuss content
Members will be encouraged to present topics of their choice.
NOTE: This is not a training session - but a chance for peer to peer discussion on the knowledge you have gained.
The event will be hosted once a month in a 1 hour meeting. Members will be required to read a chapter a month.
To join email ADD EMAIL HERE with the reading group you want to join and you will be added to a waiting list.
Each book club will have 2 facilitators, their main role is make sure everyone gets an opportunity to contribute and step in if they are no presenters.
The meeting will be 1 hour long once a month, our recommendation is chapter a month but feel free to meet more frequently if the club decides.
The hour will be broken down as follows
Get to know each other -ADD ICE BREAKER HERE
Decide who will be a facilitator
Topics to cover;
There is no exercises for week 1
Topics to cover;
Members will be encouraged to complete a quarterly survey to see what progress is being made and what changes we can make to ensure everyone gets the best experience from the book clubs.